Here's my details. I turn on the computer. I see the Gateway title and symbol and where it says, "Press F1 to run Setup" and "Press TAB to display BIOS POST Message."
If I just wait, nothing happens. If I press F1 repeatedly, this message comes up repeatedly: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device." If I press TAB repeatedly, this message come up: "Error loading operating system."
I think I got a virus from somewhere and it just erased everything, possibly the OS too. Strange thing is, I never downloaded anything from that computer off the net except Windows Updates and Norton Antivirus updates.
My CD-ROM is selected as master or whatever, then my 3 1/2 inch floppy drive, then my hard disk drive. I've tried putting in Windows XP Pro, which is what it has on it and nothing happens. I've tried inserting the Windows XP Pro boot disk and nothing happens. I don't know what to do. I'm not concerned about losing data. Please help.
2006-12-05
09:45:28
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